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Advocacy, Civil Commitment, collateral damage, Constitutionality, Judicial, Legislative, Life on the SO Registry, Opinion, Organizations, Politics, Resources, Texas

Texas Voices Annual Conference

October 15, 2018 — 0 Comments

Advocacy

How NCMEC Exploits Your Fears

September 8, 2018 — 1 Comment

Advocacy, Arkansas, Hysteria, Life on the SO Registry, Media, North Carolina

The Media Find Their Boogeyman

August 30, 2018 — 1 Comment

Advocacy, collateral damage, Constitutionality, Coping Skills, Life on the SO Registry, Media, Opinion

How to Advocate for Registry Reform with Minimal Risk

July 2, 2018 — 2 Comments

Patch’s mapping of registrants, at Halloween or any time, is UNACCEPTABLE October 27, 2020
After weeks of dealing with Patch Publications about the maps they publish close to Halloween purporting to be “safety maps” but actually focusing totally on persons required to register on sexual offense registries, new maps appear almost daily. At last count, the maps appeared in 17 states, which, to give them credit, is less than in previous years. Nine o […]
Sandy Rozek
CT attorney agrees with NARSOL, condemns Patch’s “annual, indefensible, fear-mongering practice” October 26, 2020
By Timothy Moynahan . . . Patch, a local electronic news outlet, has continued its annual, indefensible, fear-mongering practice of publishing the names and addresses of people in the communities they cover who are on the sexual offender registry. Ostensibly pushed as a public safety courtesy in preparation for Halloween, after being called on the inadequaci […]
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Surprise ruling from Louisiana Supreme Court ends “Scarlet Letter” ID October 24, 2020
By King Alexander . . . This week the Louisiana Supreme Court handed the forces of onerous registration an unexpected defeat on federal First Amendment grounds. The court in a six-to-one ruling struck down two statutes requiring registrants to carry state identification bearing at bottom center the words “SEX OFFENDER” in orange block letters, on grounds tha […]
King Alexander
PA: Appellate Court finds registration violates right to reputation under Pennsylvania Constitution in as applied case. October 23, 2020
Before you get too excited, this is an as-applied case, meaning the decision only benefits the person challenging and not everyone on the Pennsylvania registry, but it’s a win nonetheless, and a win on a novel argument, so it’s good news. A Pennsylvania intermediate court found that SORNA violates an individual’s right to reputation under […] The post PA: Ap […]
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A good idea gone bad: How the PA Senate sabotaged the sexual abuse prevention plan October 17, 2020
By Randall Hayes of PARSOL In September 2019, the increasingly prevalent and in-demand problem of online images of child sexual abuse (CSA) or “child pornography” rocked the Senate of Pennsylvania in a big way. The influential Chairman of the State Government Committee, Senator Mike Folmer, was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography after […]
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NARSOL’s litigation summit webcast; sign up now! October 17, 2020
Fresh on the heels of our record-setting summer NARSOL LIVE web event, the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws will soon be hosting a NARSOL LIVE Litigation Summit on November 19 & 21, 2020. This live virtual event will feature dynamic attorney presenters speaking on the hottest topics in registry litigation, giving us updates and insig […]
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CALL TO ACTION: Patch continues printing names of persons on sex offense registries October 13, 2020
Notation: I would normally provide a link to the headlines and publications I reference, but to do so would continue displaying the abhorrent lists of registrants’ names and addresses on Patch, and so I am not providing links. By Sandy . . . It was 2017 when NARSOL launched a formal protest against Patch for their practice of printing “red-dot”…
Sandy Rozek
Fact-checking registered sex offender information October 7, 2020
By Sandy . . . WFMJ21 has reported on how the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Department has conducted a random, county-wide check on its residents who are on Ohio’s sex offense registry. Perhaps inspired by the current political climate, I would like to respond to this piece in the way of fact-checking. “Hundreds of sex offenders live among us across the valley.” […]
Sandy Rozek
ENOUGH with the hate, already October 5, 2020
By Brenda . . . We’ve all seen the ads, the memes, the commentaries bashing “those people.” No matter what your particular persuasion is, there’s some group out there telling you that you’re all washed up, totally wrong, and that all of “your people” are haters of the worst kind and are destroying life as we know it. Yes, it’s…
Brenda Jones
Reason agrees: No red dots marking those on sex offense registry at Halloween October 1, 2020
Originally published 10/1/2020 at Reason; reprinted in full here with permission. By Jacob Sullum . . . Every year in the run-up to Halloween, Patch publishes maps showing the homes of “registered sex offenders” in various cities. Ostensibly, this information is aimed at helping parents who worry that their children might be molested while trick-or-treating. […]
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